WEBVTT swollen rivers are dangerous. All this rain means rising rivers! Saylorville Reservoir continues to rise and the dam is releasing more water that's heading down toward Des Moines. KCCI's Ben Jordan joins us live along in the Des Moines River to explain how strong the threat of flooding is at this point. We're live along Birdland Park in Des Moines... As you can see water is covering the Birdland bike trails but Public Works says we're not reaching a flood stage at any areas that are going to cause property damage or road closures at this point. All the rain in Northern Central Iowa has caused the Saylorville Reservoir water to rise to 856 feet and the dam has an outflow of 16 thousand cubic square feet per second. That's causing a high water situation downstream near Des Moines that is expected to last for several more days. Des Moines Public works tells me over the next few days we could see the docks at the Birdland Marina under water. Pat Kozitza says there's a potential that low level roads along the rivers like Birdland Drive, Prospect Road, and George Flagg Parkway could close sometime early next week if there's more rain to the north.. Right now the issue is the Des Moines and Raccoon Rivers. <"RIGHT NOW OUR SITUATION'S ONE OF RIVER FLOODING. WE DON'T HAVE A LOT OF RAIN ON TOP OF US SO WE DON'T HAVE THESE SITUATIONS DEVELOPING IN OUR LOCAL STREAMS AND CREEKS."> Right now the Des Moines River is reaching an elevation of 21 feet. The top of the levees are 36 feet so you don't have to worry right now. Laura. Thanks Ben.